Vusimuzi Goodman Nkuna's research while affiliated with South African Theological Seminary and other places

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This paper presents a critical review of the book titled An African Background to the Old Testament written by Rev. Dr. Isaac Boaheng. The purpose of this review is to assess how this book has achieved its objective of enhancing African readers’ contextual reading of the Old Testament(OT). From my perspective as a graduate student in Practical Theo...
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Religious pluralism has characterized societies since time immemorial and has been one of the sources of conflict in many societies. This article compares how religious pluralism was handled in intertestamental Palestine and the manner it is managed in post-apartheid South Africa. The study used academic literature which applied the Apocrypha to de...
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The promotion of religious freedom and the general pervasion of pluralism across the globe necessitate the need for Christians to review how they evangelize among people of other faiths and those of no faith. One of the mechanisms that has gained prominence in this regard is the promotion of the concept of interfaith dialogue. This article examines...

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... The studies on interfaith relations/dialogue are mainly carried out by researchers related to the issue of religious pluralism (Huang, 1995;Lindsay, 2018;Nkuna, 2021;Owusu-Ansah & Akyeampong, 2019;Rambe, 2020;Susanta & Upa, 2021). Studies that specifically discuss interfaith relations related to pilgrimage describe social reflection from the perspective of Christianity (Boyd, 2016;Kalliath, 2007;L. ...
... According to Corbett (2017) & Feriyanto (2020, moderatism provided social protections, created harmony, and maintained peace, even amongst people with different religious backgrounds. Furthermore, moderatism is used to create and maintain interfaith dialogue (Sihombing et al., 2020), thereby enabling people from different backgrounds to openly share their views on certain topics, including conflicts between the Muslim and Western worlds (Ahmed, 2018;Mendes-Flohr, 2013;Nkuna, 2021). This interfaith dialogue helps to ensure peaceful coexistence and promotes collaboration through theological explorations of a harmonious future. ...